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Return of the bug: "tell me to activate"
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Return of the bug: "tell me to activate"


  • Subject: Return of the bug: "tell me to activate"
  • From: Ray Robertson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 10:02:22 -0400

This Yosemite bug appeared to be fixed in early versions of 10.11, but now has returned in both 10.11.5 and 10.11.6.

Only it appears to be worse because what used to be an Applet-only bug behaves the same in Script Editor as well.

I would appreciate any confirmation. Try this:

tell application "Finder" to activate
tell me to activate
display dialog "test"

When run from Script Editor or an applet, I get a beep and a bouncing dock icon, and have to manually switch to the applet or editor.

When run from Script Debugger 6, I get a weird hybrid result which I suspect is something to do with my system. The menu shows SD in front, but a Finder window is still layered above it, and I still get the bouncing icon in the dock.

This also fails in Script Editor:

tell application "Finder" to activate
tell me to activate
delay 0.1
display dialog "test"

While curiously this works properly:

tell application "Finder" to activate
delay 0.1
tell me to activate
display dialog "test"

Thanks for any confirmation.

Ray Robertson
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